Anyone know what I have here?
Hello guys!
I borrowed this mold form a good friend.
I thought it was a RANCH DOG bullet. (I see it has grease groves and the RD has tumble grooves) I had been wanting for some time. I thought it was a .358 (ish) 180G GC bullet.
It is a alum mold I assumed was a LEE, but maybe not... It is a six holler. I cast up 20# of them that tested to about 12bhn hour after casting.
Couple days back I powder coated about 50 and sized them to .360. (Looking to use in a 357Mag revolver, Marlin lever and two 357 MAX carbines.) Well, my case gauge tells me that these are too long. They protrude out the front by a good 3/32" SO, now I am wondering what bullet I actually have as this shouldn't bee the case if this is what I thought it was...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pstiwlef4i.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psqleaf2ed.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pslnhq3di3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psfxt4tik6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pseaok7i6v.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psys1vdrs4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psk3jkiwcx.jpg
I'm not much worried about use in the maximums as I know they have long throats and being single shots length isn't a function problem. But in the revolvers and Marlin, they aint gonna work without trimming cases. Or loading in 38 spl cases...
Any & all comments and suggestions welcome!
CW